> if steve's idea is something doable.. why don't you consider setting > up the mysql data dir on some removable media (thumb/flash drive)? It seems to me that almost no matter what method you choose, you're going to have to ask the client to do something manually - whether that's logging out of the website, shutting down his computer, removing a thumb drive, or whatever - so you might as well be upfront about that and see how he responds. Provide the different options and get them to choose one, at some point they'll need to take a bit of personal responsibility for the management of this paranoid system. Marc -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php